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Bewilderment by Richard Powers

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4.0

Theo is a Astrobiologist his son robin is 9 when we meet them at first. It’s easily argued and implied that robin is on the asd spectrum. He is very clever loves animals and birds and cares about the planet more than most grown ups. Alyssa ( Theo’s beloved wife and robins mum) has passed away and they are trying to put life back together in the only way the know how. Science is life to theo and robin which in (although not stated by name is clearly Trump’s America). The school want to medicate robin his dad didn’t so he takes up an offer from a friend of his late wife to train with robin. Through this robins behaviour changes in ways no one could have predicted.
I found both Theo and robin characters I really cared about. I was learning constantly in this book. It’s not just a book about a boy with an asd it’s fathers and sons, husbands and wives and what it takes to make us human and really care about the world. By the end I was in tears .
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer

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4.0

What can I say the end of this book was raw it was emotional and it was beautiful. Even more when you realise this is Maddie Mortimer’s debut novel.

The story is told from both lia’s voice and that of the cancer invading her body. I was t sure this would be a book for me and at times it was a difficult read but it’s a thing of beauty
The Wish by Nicholas Sparks

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4.0

I figured it out then changed my mind what would happen so many times but I really enjoyed this book.

My first but I’m sure not my last by sparks
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